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  2. Stamp collecting - Wikipedia

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    Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, [ 1 ] as a stream of new stamps was produced by ...

  3. Check Your Attic: These Stamps Are Worth Millions - AOL

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    According to the New York Times, a plate block of four sold for $4.9 million at auction that day in 2021, about $2 million more than its last reported sale price. The misprinted stamp, which ...

  4. Psychology of collecting - Wikipedia

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    Psychology of collecting. The psychology of collecting is an area of study that seeks to understand the motivating factors explaining why people devote time, money, and energy making and maintaining collections. There exist a variety of theories for why collecting behavior occurs, including consumerism, materialism, neurobiology and ...

  5. Philately - Wikipedia

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    Philately ( / fɪˈlætÉ™li /; fih-LAT-É™-lee) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. [1] While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. [2]

  6. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.

  7. PHILATELY, SCIENCE TEACHING AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE A ...

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    the idea of using postage stamps in teaching chemistry (science) is good pedagogy because it associates the subject matter taught with something in which the student has an acquired interest. It would also be of interest to know if it is only the historical material that is used or if the philatelic connection is used equally.

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